Lock tab easel



Y 1 0 ferred-to, a gluingstrip through the medium bygluingg the eas-el denoted generally, by the 60 v time provides a portion of the lock tab which 'y yWing and tab together.

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appncation mea April so, i936. serial no. Massa i' This inventionvrelates to easel construc- Figure 3 is a 1view in perspective showing tions vand in particular to an easelfarranged .the ywing opened up and also showing how a f in combination with a member to be supportion of the lock tab is'u'sed against the A ported so that the easelr lies iat againsty the member .to be supported to provide a solid 5V memberwhen not ink use and is fo'ldable to a construction and Agive substantial support 55 position to support'the ymember at any suitwhe'nthe wing is open. f able angle. f y' i v Referring to the drawings in detail, 5 inv A'particularjobject of my invention is to dicates a front plate or member to be sup- Y -provide in a construction of the character reported iowhichis arranged toy bev secured as I of which the wing is attached to the member numeral 6 vandcomprising the gluing strip to be supported, the gluing strip being un-` 'i' s coredfvertically Athroughout its length .as broken throughout its entire length whereby ati'S. This score line 8 defines one edge of ka v the. easel may beapplied by machinery in wing 9 whose bottom is cut on the biasias at y orderto cut'down the cost of production. l0 to permit 'angular'.support` of the front 65 Y. A still further object of my invention is vpiece fwhen the same isy to be exhibited.'

to provide a single locktab which is cut comj .'Thewing 9 tapers in widthi'rom bottomy to pletelyiout of the wing, the wing cut out and 'l top and intermediate its ends, it is, punched f thev tab being each provided ywith' notches 0r cut out along the lines 1l and 12 to prov whereby they may relatively interlock to previde a lock ta'bl. This lock taby 'at itstop 'Z0 vent sidewise movement of the wing after it edge is'provided l,with an inwardly Vcut tab has been bent to a supporting position. notch lll and at the meeting point of the' cutl A still urtherzand equally important oblines 11 and 12, there is provided in the win ject is the provision of a diagonal? score on 9,` anotch ljw'hich when the tab is opener .25 the' locktal which permits the bending of 'and thewn'g'n supporting position, eoopler- '75 the tab to its locking position and at the saine y.ates with the notch 14 '0f the till), t0 100k the is arranged to abut the member to be sup- Th@ lab, 13 S Provided idlacellit t'SllOWel' y ported S0 that the Wing is solidly held 4ml portronwlth a diagonal score line 16 lwhich the member substantially supported. PTOVIGS for the fOlClng Over of the FOP P01 '30 With the foregoing and other objects in tionof'thetaby to substantially Ihorizontal view, which will appear as the description position so that the wing 9 when swung proceeds, the' invention resides in the combi- 'ferOuId Will 100k in the till) DOCh 14.- This nation and 4arrangement of parts and in the kfidiagonal score lline 16' also provides a bottom details of construction hereinafter described lDOltOll 17 OD the tab, which, as illustrated in S5 and claimed, it being understood that changes Figure 3', abuts the rear Surface, 0f the Hiemi'n the precise embodiment of the invention bei 5 t0 be SUPPOIQ and fQlmS il bl'Ce-Whdl herein rdisclosed maybe madeA within the effectively keeps the wing open and provides scope of what .is claimed without departing Vafrigid structure soV that a .iront member o i' i 40 from the spirit o the invention. unusual weight or size may be conveniently 99 In the accompanying'drawings: supportedby my easel iconetruction.r Figure 1 is a rear View in elevation of a Attention i s .directedto the fact also, that f member to be supported to which is secured my improved easel construction may beeither my improved easel construction. right or left, that is, in Figures l and 2, the Y Figure 2 is a view in side elevation of the easel has beenshown with the extending 95 easel construction as illustrated in Figure l, Ito the right, while inFigure`3,the wing would the wing of the easel being moved out to supnormally extend .to thelett, when they wing is porting position and being maintained fin folded-flat against the front member 5. such position through the medium of the It will be noted that the easel is adapted from a single-piece of stock by simple cutting and folding operations. The several cuts necessaryfor the formation of the easel as well asthe scoringmay be readily accom- ,5 plished in asingle operation by a die. The

construction of the easel is simple and its operation requires little time or effort in that rv thewing is swung open and the tab 13 is swung downwardly until the vnotch 111 therein comes into engagement with and locks in the wing notch 15, the bending of the tab 13 being, accomplished along the score line 16.

While I have illustrated and described my invention with some degree of particularity, y '15 I realize thatin practice various alterations therein may be made without departing from the spiritof the invention or the scope of the appended claims. i

What I claim is l l. An feasel comprising kin. combination, a

gluing strip arranged to be applied toa memfber to be supported, aV wing secured to the strip and foldable relatively thereto, a tab cut wholly out of said wing and scored to provide a foldable tab portion, and notches in the wing. and in the tab arrangedpto engage eachV o;her for securing the tab and ywing in open supporting position, when said 'portion is folded. l Y' s l 2. An easel comprising in combination, a

gluing strip arranged to beapplied toa member to be supported, a wing secured to the strip'and' foldable relatively ytheretcna foldf ableV tab cutl wholly'out of said'wing, and l notches in` the wing and in the tab arranged K tovengage each other for securing the tab and Vwing in open supporting position when the -tab is folded. v f v 3. An easel comprising in combination, a

40 gluing strip arrangedy to beapplied to va member to be supported,'ra Wing secured to the strip and foldable relatively thereto, a tab cut in said'wing and scored diagonally to provide a foldable tab portion,a notch in the wing, and a notch in the tab for engaging said wing notch when the tab portion -is Y 4. Ari-easel comprising in combination, `a

gluing strip arranged to be applied to a'member to be supported, a wing securedto the strip and foldable `relatively thereto, a tab cut in said vwing and scored diagonally to provide a foldable tab portion, a notch in the wing, a ynotch in thetab for engaging said wing notch `when the foldableY tab portion is'dispo'sed n horizontally, Vand the portion of the tab -below said diagonal score being arranged to abut the surface of the member to be supported when said .tab portion is folded.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my v .name Yto this specication this 21st day of April, 1930. I 4

LIVINGSTON FOUNTAIN. [1.. s.] 

